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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY G. LEHNERT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRASS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. l 58,594, dated JanuaryI2, 1875; application tiled May 29, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY G. LEENERT,

ot' the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania.,have invented an Improvement in Musical Instruments, such as bass,baritone, and tenor horns, of which the following is a specication:

My invention relates to so constructing the instrument that it shall bebrought over both shoulders, to give ease to the player in holding it,and to be less in the way while he is sitting down, Sac., and moreequally balanced back and front, and also while so arranged throwing thesound in front of the player. The construction also enables themanufacturer to lay the slides and other pipes on an angle, so as tomake the water run down to the tuning-slide, or any other place where itmay belet out easily, and thus prevent setting in other parts of theinstrument, and from soiling the outside. The same instrument may bemade to suit a man with either a short or long neck by having themouthpiece connected with the instrument by using or not using a crookedshank, which can be reversed to make the mouth-piece come lower orhigher.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view ot the improvedinstrument. Fig. 2 is an end view otl the same. Fig. 3 is a side view ofthe shank b, in which the mouth-piece A is inserted.

Like letters of reference in all the Iigures indicate the same parts.

A is the month-piece, which has a crooked shank, b, for the purposehereinafter explained. It tits in one end ot' the tube B, the other endof which is closed by one end of the tuningslide C, the other end ot'which fitsin one end of the tube, B, which is parallel to the tube B.With the other end of the tube B is connected one end of the curved tubeD, which turns around, forming the parts E and F,

which go over the shoulders, the part F terminatin g in the bell G. Inthe drawings, the parts E and F are parallel to each other, but

may be made circular or in any other convenient form. Instead of thetuning-slide being placed in connection with the ends of the tubes B andB, as shown in the drawings, it may be placed in any other convenientpart ot the instrument and the tubes connected with those ends, andprovided with a waterkey. The shank b on the mouth-piece A has a bend,f, for the purpose of reversing it to suit persons having either long orshort necks. When placed in the position seen in Fig. 3, (shown in fulllines,) it is adapted to a short neck, and, when turned one-halt'around, as shown by dotted lines, to a long neck. It is alsoconveniently brought to either side of the mouth by turning itone-quarter around. The shank b may, if desired, be dispensed with, andthe mouth-piece connected with the tube B in any convenient manner.There are slides or pipes H, H1, H2, and H3 connected to the valves, asshown in the drawings, all ot whichl are inclined, so as to throw thewater downward. The pipes, however, do not necessarily have to be of theforms represented to carry out the principles ofthe invention, but maybe ot' any other convenient form.

I claim as my inventionl. In a musical instrument, the pipe D, havingthe parts E, F, and G, arranged relatively, as shown, thereby forming aring to go over the head of the player and rest upon each shoulder, bellin font, substantially-in the manner described.

2. The reversible shank b of the mouthpiece A, provided with a bend, f,substantially as set forth, to accommodate either side ot' the mouth,and adapt it otherwise for ditl'erent players.

3. The tubes H H1 H2 H3, inclined relatively to the tuning-slide or'water-key, and to each other to carry away the water freely, substan`tially as set forth.

HENRY G. LEHNEBI.

Witnesses:

THOMAS J. BEWLEY, STEPHEN UsTioK.

